Edfu is a city in the Aswan Governorate of Egypt, on the west bank of the Nile River between Esna and Aswan. It has a population of approximately 60,000 as of 2023 across a governorate-recorded area of 2,304 square kilometers. Edfu is best known as the site of the Ptolemaic Temple of Horus, built between 237 and 57 BC, and of the ancient settlement of Tell Edfu, whose archaeological remains span more than 3,000 years from the Old Kingdom through the Graeco-Roman period.
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Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude24.978056 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Edfu (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 60,000 (2020)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 24.978056, longitude 32.878889
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 86 m
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 60000 (2020)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Edfu - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 355635
24.97916 32.87722 P PPL EG 16 79510 90 Africa/Cairo
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 90 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 24.75, 32.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 24.75, 32.75
24.75 32.75 BWh
Edfu (Wikipedia)
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Edfu (Ancient Egyptian: bḥdt, Arabic: إدفو pronounced [ˈʔedfu], Sahidic Coptic: ⲧⲃⲱ, ⲧⲃⲟ, Bohairic Coptic: ⲑⲃⲱ, ⲁⲧⲃⲱ; also spelt Idfu, or in modern French as Edfou) is an Egyptian city, located on the west bank of the Nile River between Esna and Aswan, with a population of approximately 60,000 people.
- In Group: Cities of Northern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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